216: Sunday Brunch

On this week’s Sunday Brunch we say goodbye to a pioneering member of the CBGB’s scene, synth-punk cum rockabilly rowdy Alan Vega (pictured), who was one-half of the group Suicide. We begin with a trio of his songs before heading off to explore the usual eclectic hodgepodge of post-punk, indie, and underground rock tunes. This week we’ll hear from Sonic Youth, Felt, The Breeders, Flat Duo Jets, Big Black, Low, The Bollock Brothers, XTC, Unrest, Lydia Lunch, Game Theory, The Vibrators, The Damned, The Bolshoi, Spacemen 3, The Slickee Boys, and lots more.

Playlist

  1. Alan Vega — American Dreamer
  2. Alan Vega — Juke Box Baby
  3. Suicide — Rocket U.S.A.
  4. Big Black — Bad Houses
  5. Spacemen 3 — Hey Man
  6. Flat Duo Jets — Go Go Harlem Baby
  7. The Slickee Boys — When We Were Kids
  8. Screaming Trees — Flashes
  9. Game Theory — Nine Lives To Rigel Five
  10. Soul Asylum — Marionette
  11. Gigolo Aunts — Summertime Evening
  12. The Breeders — Flipside
  13. Urusei Yatsura — Siamese
  14. The Vibrators — Automatic Lover
  15. Trio — Sunday You Need Love Monday Be Alone
  16. The Vaselines — Teenage Superstars
  17. Unrest — Folklore (remix)
  18. Felt — I Will Die With My Head In Flames
  19. The Bolshoi — By The River
  20. Gene Loves Jezebel — Wraps And Arms
  21. Acetone — If You Only Knew
  22. Low — Shame
  23. Sonic Youth — Shadow Of A Doubt
  24. Lydia Lunch — This Side Of Nowhere
  25. The Godfathers — When Am I Coming Down
  26. Gaye Bykers On Acid — Motorvate
  27. Blur — Colin Zeal
  28. The Bollock Brothers — Harley David (Son Of A Bitch)
  29. D’ Boys — Jugoslovenka
  30. The Damned — I Just Can’t Be Happy Today
  31. X — The New World
  32. Yo La Tengo — Double Dare
  33. XTC — Making Plans For Nigel